posts with 12 pages of replies, do you read them? Options

[Red-ROM]

whats the etiquette here?

I see a topic that interests me, I have a thought to add, but has it been stated already in the 200 replies that are posted ahead of me? do you get irritated when you're posting in a thread, it turns into a discussion, and then people start posting after reading the opening blurb and just repeat stuff that's already been said?

[Method]

I think this is inevitable when threads get ridiculously long. I often find that I want to add to such posts but I don't have the time to read thru page after page of of random unrelated arguments about something or other (which invariably spring up in such threads). I just apologize in advance if my comments had already been discussed and go with it. And, hey, maybe your comment will be the one that brings the thread back on topic.

[The Jake]

ROFL.

God no.

Most of the time, you click on page 12+ and the topic has inevitably meandered well off the beaten path and no longer resembles the original topic.

Unless its one I started. At which point I may cringe as I click it... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

- J.

[Heath Robinson]

But.. 200 posts is only 2 pages worth.


Maybe it's OCD, but I actually read every single post in a thread before responding. No matter what. I also follow threads I've posted in to their deathes.

[Bert]

Dood... Heath, have you checked out the planet of drop bears post?
It's on page 111 now. THAT is some havey reading.
Seriously though, I do the same thing. What else am I supposed to do at work?
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif) Bert

[kzt]

Pretty much any thread that long that I post into I was reading from the start.

[Heath Robinson]

Dood... Heath, have you checked out the planet of drop bears post?
It's on page 111 now. THAT is some havey reading.

I have no intent to reply to that thread, but I would read the posts from beginning to end if I had any desire to make a reply.

Even though I'm not going to post in it I've read 300 or so posts.

[Bert]

Yeah, I can dig that. Around that time I get my fill of a topic to the point where I don't have anything else to add...
(IMG:style_emoticons/default/cyber.gif) Bert

[TBRMInsanity]

If it is a thread I'm really interested in I will usually read page 1, continue to page two if the posts have a flow to them, and continue this till the posts go off topic. I then go to the last page, go back a couple of pages and read to the end. If my opinion will and anything I will post it, otherwise I leave the thread alone. I especially try to avoid threads that anger me as that has got me into trouble in the past.

I do agree with Heath though, you should be as informed as humanly possible before posting to a thread as you reduce redundant comments, I unfortunately am a very poor reader and can't always read through the sludge to get to the meat.

[Draco18s]

Pretty much any thread that long that I post into I was reading from the start.

Same here, with the exception of some really old ones.

But I don't read many threads to start with, so it's easy to skip a long one.

[Method]

Well to be honest, I tend to I post in such threads early on and then loose interest when the thread starts to wander into Troll Country. That seems be more common, anyway.

[Da9iel]

When certain posters start repeating themselves I tend to ... uh... skim. I especially take note of certain posters who are saying nothing new and the silly posters replying to them and skim heartily.

Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily, for reasons of D. E. F." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Are too! Arguments A. B. C." Reply, "Not necessarily. Other reasons." Post, "Your stupid!" Reply, "No, not my stupid, you're stupid." Ad infinitum.

Maybe you've seen it. Somewhere. On this board. Currently.

[Angelone]

if the topic holds my interest better than anything around me yes. Which lately hasn't been many, as I have come down with addiction latina severe.

[Machiavelli]

If the topic is very interesting, i read the first and the last 2 pages. Not more.

[knasser]

I just assume that with any thread over eight pages, the topic has already become Cain talking about Edge rules.

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[Stahlseele]

Only if i have been with the thread since page 3 or 4 <.< . .
After that, i check first page and then go to last page.

[Mäx]

I always read all the post before i post, i just think that's common courtecy, But i haven't ever seen a topic go even to 10 pages.

[nezumi]

Dood... Heath, have you checked out the planet of drop bears post?
It's on page 111 now. THAT is some havey reading.

AND YOU ARE REQUIRED TO HANG ON EVERY WORD!!


In other threads, as long as your response isn't a page-long diatribe, I can fully understand skimming/skipping to contribute your two-line thought. Read the first three pages and the last page and GENERALLY that will get you in the flow of things.

[Chrysalis]

whats the etiquette here?

I see a topic that interests me, I have a thought to add, but has it been stated already in the 200 replies that are posted ahead of me? do you get irritated when you're posting in a thread, it turns into a discussion, and then people start posting after reading the opening blurb and just repeat stuff that's already been said?

Like with this one I read the top post, reply to that and not slog through hours of divergence. I should have better things to do with my life (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Prime Mover]

If I'm posting I'll read them all if I'm surfing and I see its 11 pages off topic I'll check out first and last pages.

[Kingboy]

I just assume that with any thread over eight pages, the topic has already become Cain talking about Edge rules.

I do believe that may have to be sigged Sir... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[knasser]

I do believe that may have to be sigged Sir... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/grinbig.gif)

There's no greater compliment than being sigged.

K.

[Heath Robinson]

I just assume that with any thread over eight pages, the topic has already become Cain talking about Edge rules.

I just determine that by checking for clusters of "You have chosen to ignore all posts from: Cain" on the most recent page.

[Wounded Ronin]

Yes, I read through all the replies. That is the whole damn point of using a message board. So that our conversations can be recorded and fully appreciated and considered in a way that verbal communication between two people can't.

[Draco18s]

I always read all the post before i post, i just think that's common courtecy, But i haven't ever seen a topic go even to 10 pages.

Such as "4th Edition did hurt my soul..." (though locked), "HOW DO ROLEPLAY ACROSS GENDER!?!" (at 7 pages), "Why is Mystic Adept cheaper than Magician?" (8 pages), "What Do You Think of the Matrix Rules?" (10 pages and 1 post shy of 11), "Augmentation Q&A" (at a whopping 32 pages), or "Ghost Cartels PDF Available!" (8 pages).

And that's just topics that have been active in the last 3 weeks.